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, secondary schools that practiced tracking and schools that did not practice tracking existed simultaneously from 1980 to 1997 …. This variation in tracking status between schools is used in a differences-in-differences approach. I estimate whether … tracking math, or not, in Swedish secondary school had any effect on the probability of having graduated upper-secondary school …
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This paper examines how including latent variables can benefit propensity score matching. Latent variables can be estimated from the observed manifest variables and used in matching. This paper demonstrates the benefits of such an approach by comparing it with a method where the manifest...
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This paper studies the effects of tracking on student effort and academic achievement during secondary school. Students … tracking are most likely to be admitted to college, and the competitiveness of college admissions does not affect their effort …. As a result, tracking tends to perform worse in terms of average secondary-school academic achievement, as higher …
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Tracking refers to the practice of dividing students by ability or achievement. Students may be tracked within schools … emphases, as has been practiced commonly in Europe. Proponents of tracking argue that tracking can increase the efficiency of … aggravating inequality. Evaluating effects of tracking on average student achievement and the distribution of achievement is …
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either a one-axis or a two-axis solar tracking system. …
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The region of Adrar, is one of the most remote and the most deprived regions in Algeria. The development of this region requires the exploitation of its natural resources more particularly of its solar and wind energy resources. However, the exploitation in an effective and viable way of these...
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